tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63279470914971905172024-03-13T15:42:56.735-05:00Self-Portrait with AssumptionArtwork by Marcia Milner-BrageMarcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948925791659846247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327947091497190517.post-25374504991024245592014-02-10T23:14:00.001-06:002014-02-10T23:19:23.251-06:00VALENTINES 2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
I've made valentines every year for at least 40. This year I started with a monoprinting project with my preschool-age granddaughter when we spent a week together in California in January. On walks, we picked up "specimens" and "treasures". We rolled out red ink and transferred leaf and seaweed impressions to 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles of mulberry paper. My set of hand-carved rubber stamp hearts added to the fun. When our time together was over, we divided up our prints.</div>
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Once home, I embellished mine. I added colored pencil. I collaged in snippets cut from the slick <i>Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, </i>placing them behind and on top of the semi-translucent paper. I poked pinholes. I tore or cut the mulberry paper.</div>
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I hope you enjoy this collaboration. Here are all 15 of the 2014 batch. Each original was mailed by snail mail to a special someone.</div>
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Marcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327947091497190517.post-69944036280889399122012-02-13T09:01:00.001-06:002012-02-13T09:20:50.493-06:00VALENTINES 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I've made valentines every year for close to 40 years. Here's this year's batch. There usually is a theme or a commonality. This year, they all use black paper, Neocolor II wax pastels, and frisket film. Some have acrylic white ink, too. All have been sent to one of my special some ones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Marcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327947091497190517.post-70053850269857277642009-03-03T18:16:00.073-06:002009-03-04T19:29:54.957-06:00More Valentines<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8qQpYPGyI/AAAAAAAAAKA/gLRYoGYnX1o/s1600-h/Jules%27+hnd+%401-1:2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8qQpYPGyI/AAAAAAAAAKA/gLRYoGYnX1o/s320/Jules%27+hnd+%401-1:2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309508951166884642" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">W<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hen Mary Huber, the director of the the Hearst Center for the Arts here in Cedar Falls, Iowa, saw my February 8th post, Valentines 2009, she invited me to put up a spur-of-the-moment show. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With just a 2-day lead time, I excavated from portfolios valentines spanning my past three decades. John found ones I had given him, stashed in drawers and books; my mother Betty Milner had a file marked "Marci's Valentines"; my Minneapolis friend Marjorie, a clairvoyant, recently returned to my keeping the ones I made for her in the 1970s and 1980s; and then the ones that never got sent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So if you weren't able to get over to the Hearst Center for the week-long duration of My Handmade Valentines, here are a few:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8iTN4aEEI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/E88hZZoW4GY/s200/WrdsJules+hnd+%401-1:2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309500199232213058" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 303px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa3ipSlLwuI/AAAAAAAAAFA/A8Um2p878zE/s320/1st+for+John+1978.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309148734729994978" /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8hjq9KXtI/AAAAAAAAAJI/b91Ed2q2tPw/s200/1st+for+John%2778words+no+arrow.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309499382403063506" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8kTOK5iII/AAAAAAAAAJg/dsrbNyWsIAQ/s320/Cntntl+Hrt+Drftn+frt.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309502398333028482" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> <img style="text-align: justify;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa4bJy00uNI/AAAAAAAAAGg/p1aUSPR-b_k/s200/Cntntl+Hrt+Drftn+exp0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309210865792497874" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 93px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8dqiIKQ-I/AAAAAAAAAJA/SVE118Dn8Yw/s200/Pale+brayr+prnt+Hrt.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309495102245848034" /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8pM03uwfI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/SJSG_7DNo_o/s320/Sm+collage+w:+silvr.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309507786020667890" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8oP9GX01I/AAAAAAAAAJw/XrvAVnaiEds/s320/Craypas%2BH20+Hrts.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309506740257542994" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 307px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8nNHhPM0I/AAAAAAAAAJo/lvlsijpWvAE/s320/4Marjorie1977.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309505592003343170" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This was for Marjorie in 1977.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/Sa8jt8xDLOI/AAAAAAAAAJY/S2kWk3NjarM/s320/BlkHrtfrBabo%26Grnpa.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309501758006045922" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jules & I worked on this one together when he was in elementary school & gave it to Baboo & Grandpa<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Marcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327947091497190517.post-32890491604079578252009-02-08T19:20:00.025-06:002009-03-09T01:30:24.590-05:00Valentines 2009I have made hand-drawn valentines over the past 30+ years. Here are some from this year's batch:<div><br /></div><div> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 163px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY-KcvCdBjI/AAAAAAAAACk/u3aHCgxMRzs/s400/Evolut+of+Character2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300607512706090546" /> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This one is called, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"An Evolution of Character"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Or alternatively, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Aging"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. The heart on the far left--the eldest--is by far the most interesting, don't you think?</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:48px;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY-PTpAimVI/AAAAAAAAAC8/zJIhjP_eo0o/s320/Self+and+Other+copy.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300612854026770770" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This one is titled </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Self and Other"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. My daughter-in-law is a microbiologist. Her research is with bacteria. These organisms have the ability to recognize other bacteria as being like themselves or unlike themselves. This process protects the cohesion of the like community. Do they determine self and other through direct physical contact or through chemical signals? This is, as I understand it, central to what Karine is working to determine.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY-Ui1jiyvI/AAAAAAAAADE/m5CMiqk85Jk/s320/Love+Tangle1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300618612650986226" /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Life and love is complicated and messy. And beautiful. This one is called </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Love Tangle"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. I really enjoyed using my new 6XO Rapidograph pen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY_EyfZTF0I/AAAAAAAAADM/nJQZGTiD9oM/s320/Brainy+Heart.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300671658138474306" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "> </span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Brainy Heart"</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Besides Rapidograph pens, also colored drawing ink.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY_MPM_UpPI/AAAAAAAAADc/gZp3nxa37vc/s320/Prickly+Heart.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300679847995286770" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Prickly Heart"</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(for those hard to handle Valentines) Here's to the imperfections of love!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:13px;"><img style="text-align: right;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY_FlsU6fsI/AAAAAAAAADU/bqYAdKox-ew/s320/Color+Blind+Hearts.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300672537783074498" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Color Blind Heart"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just pencil and watercolor. For those of you who can't see this one, I'm sorry. I hope you enjoy the others.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Make valentines! Make love!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Marcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327947091497190517.post-37849343864425133132009-02-07T22:30:00.002-06:002009-03-01T01:14:19.968-06:00Why Self-Portrait with Assumption<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY5gikCYfMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/cK-K6Eru3_k/s1600-h/Self+Portrait+With+Assumption+altered+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY5gikCYfMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/cK-K6Eru3_k/s400/Self+Portrait+With+Assumption+altered+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300279958367141058" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>In 1979, I sat transfixed by Titian's Assumption of the Virgin, the altarpiece in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. I sketched it from a pew and later tacked the postcard image onto my studio wall. In 1981, this pastel self-portrait led me to understand my deep connection to this image. Mary reaches up into the Godly realm. She connects earth and heaven, worldly pursuits and the spiritual. I, with my arms reaching downward to the drawing-in-progress, realize my own transcendence. This is what art-making is for me: a vechicle to discover myself, my world, and glimmers of the divine. </div><div> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OWAoodEfByw/SY6dQozd2mI/AAAAAAAAACU/JDqWWXp80_c/s200/Self+Portrait+With+Assumption+altered+crop+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300346720618404450" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Marcia Milner-Bragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.com4